Please tell why it was a cause of the American Revolution. Tell why the British passed or enforced the item and how the Colonists reacted to it.
2007-11-30 04:11:54 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Wow - Well, here are several links in answer to your question: http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/sugaract.htm, http://ahp.gatech.edu/sugar_act_bp_1764.html, http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/sugaractdef.htm, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Act (you might get a "why" on this one)
2007-11-30 04:23:08 · answer #1 · answered by Joni 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The American colonists didn't want the additional taxes that the British were levying on them.
The British passed the taxes because they were trying to pay down the debt that the government went into to pay for recent wars.
2007-11-30 04:17:15 · answer #2 · answered by Yun 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Proclamation of 1763, sugar act, stamp act, quartering act, townshend acts, boston tea party, intolerable acts, and finally the boston massacre.
2016-04-06 05:31:08 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋